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I .1mm 1 CATIQNIQAZO E i s. Par a' d. Wi liam. Schuud Blushing, N- a gn i e t a prflt r si e -slL h Isl m?! C t ,N. Y;,a corporationofNevvfi York f i I No Drawing. Filed; June22, 1962, SerlNo. 204,62 -2- 1 1: Claim. (chase- 152 This invention relates to a new class of azo compounds which are cationic in nature. More particularly, the invention relates to new compounds which may be referred to, as" 4(2-hydroxy=3-di-N,N;substituted amino-propoxy) .azoben 'zen'es including those having substituents in the az obenzene moiety salts and quaternary ammonium V derivatives thereof.

These new e tmd fl at the bl iv g genri rvvherein R iepresentsthe phenyl radical, or a substituted phenyl radical, sum; as l ower' 'alkyl, lower alkofXy, and

halogen 's i s vt ti henvl ail ate 'wdi nar i- 1132 may re 'rsel rt sesoadarr ami e dicals, such" hl-low eij di alkylamino, MN-lower dialka'nol amino piperidyl; and .morplrolinyl radicals. The formulas for saltsand quaternary animohimn derivatives hee r tfii presented, as. they-62 ,11,- e r adi y isualiz d from the foregoing. formula of the,amines, It should be noted, however, that salts can be minerallacid salts, such as the hydrochloride, sulfate, or phosphate salts, as Well as acetic acidor other biologicallytacceptable organic acid salts. The quaternizingagents can be considerably varied, and include alkyl. halides, such as. methyl iodide, ethyl bromide, and lauryl bromide; 'alkyl sulfates, such as dithy u fat -r= 2 .1 as t i l ie Ln n y v ha i such as benzyl. chloride, and halogen substituted benzyl halides. such as, p-chloro benzyl chloride, ,and;:.3,4 dichlorobenzylchloride. 7

- The products of "this invention 'are' solids, ranging in Abra m. C n

cal, andwher ein. NR 1$ isa secondary amino radical ei qj reai ma r rins' qrm- More ra ll arly. h I adical l-.

aqueous sodium hydroxide. about 9090. until reaction is complete, generally about 2 Patented Feb. 23, 1965 hydrin under alkaline conditions to form a 4(2 ,3-epox'y propo'xy) azobenzenecompound. of the formula? reacting this With, a secondary amine. at a temperature above C. to forma' tertiary amine, alcohol of the},

has the significance above noted, and reacting the same with the appropriate acid or quaterniz'ing agent to form the desired salt or quaternary. ammonium derivative.

The reaction of the pheny'lazophenolcompound With epihalohydrin, suitably epichlorohydrim'is carried out using a molar excess, preferably about 2-1, of the epihalohydrin by heating thelrea'ctants'together at about 90 C. in the presence of about a molar equivalent of alkali, such as Heating is continued at hours. 'After cooling to roomtemperature, the precipitatedproduct is Washed with Water and then taken up in a suitable solvent, such as acetone and purifieduby crystallh Zationtherefrom; p, 7 The resulting '4(2,3-epoxy-propoxy) azobenz ene compound'is then reacted with about a molar equivalent of the desired secondary amine; When the amine is a liquid,

amixture' ofthereactants is heated to about 12 0"" C. for an extended period; suitablyabout 16 hours, with stirring. After coolingthe reaction mixtureis dissolved in color from yellovv-orangezto dark'broyvn; With thefsalt' i a q aternary. 'for hss nera lyiheiag'crys n ,Th amines are soluble in most common organic solvents, but

in e. i Wa chfu e t ej alts and iiquater-nary ammonium derivatives are soluble inmost polar organic solvents, and are moderately soluble in water;

A large number. of the products embraced by the 'general formula presented above have been found to have antimicrobial activity by conventional test methods. They also have'toxic properties making them valuable as insecticidal, acaricid 'al; rovi'cidalifa nd nematocidal agents, e e l es. t's'l'i rjqqmhattiri inte a p s s, such as helminths inv yvarr'n blooded animals. In addition, th eu e u a s u s andi lqrin a c for eelli lesiq mat al 511611 as tho e ii e pol-y q'ry ie type.

31 d 91 synth, c fibers and plastics Ihe new fi zojQqr pol ndsv may, be prepared. in various I ways. from readily avai1able'startirig materials The preferred method involvesjreaction ofithe appropriatefphenylazophenol compound of the formula: I

wherek has the sighificance noted. above, with anepihaloa suitable solvent, such asv chloroform. I The solvent solution-isfilteredQwashed With'water and then evaporated in vacuo tdyield'fthe tertiary amine roduct'. a

If a gaseous secondary amine, such as, dimethyl amine is used, the reaction is c a'rried out by dissolving the 4(2,3-,epoxy-propoxy) azpbenzene compound in a' suitable solvent, such'as benzenegand heating at reflux with vigorous stirring While slowly'addiug' dimethylamine gas]. The

5 reaction requires about 8 hours, after which the product is precipitated as the amine hydrochloride. I The saltfcan be reconverted tothe free amine by reacting with concen-' tratedaqueous sodium hydroijride, adding anon-polar.-sol 'vent, such as benzene to dissolve. the amine, separating and drying the benzene solution and evaporating in vacuo to obtain the'solid amine compound.

Conversion oi the tertiary amine to'the acid sa1ts is efiected by. -.simple reaction .jwit-h hydrochloric, sulfuric,

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under vacuum.

prepared by mixing 'stoichiometric amounts of'the, tertiary" amin and/the desired acid atroom temperature. The ,mixture is then diluted with a solvent suitable for extract- I ing unreacted tertiary amine, i.e., ethyl acetate, andithe resulting precipitate is collected and dried under'vac uum. J lWhenproducts in the form of quaternary ammonium salts are desired, the tertiary amine is reacted'with -approximately a molarequivalent of the quaternizing. agent byheating'for an extended period; suitably at C. for

about 16 hours. Unreactcd amine is removed by extraction with asuitable solvent, such asethyl, acetate, and'the' The amine salts o f other acids mentioned. above are solution.

precipitated quaternary ammonium salt can then be dried under vacuum. Purification, if desired, can be effected by dissolving in a polar solvent, such as ethanol, and evaporating to small volume to reprecipitate or crystallize the quaternary ammonium salt.

While the foregoing procedure for preparing the tertiary amines is considered preferable from the standpoint of availability of reactants and economics of the process, it will be understood that other procedures can be employed. For example, the secondary amine can be reacted first with the epihalohydrin, and the intermediate thus obtained, reacted With the phenylazophenol compound, or the sodium derivative thereof. Another example involves reacting the hoydroxy azobenzene with 1,3 dichloropropanel-2 in the presence of alkali and reacting the resulting compound with a secondary amine.

The following examples illustrate the present invention, but are not to be construed as limiting.

EXAMPLE I Preparation of 4 (2-hydroxy-3-di-N,Nsubstituted aminoproprxy)az0benzenes of the formula.

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and salts and quarternary ammonium derivatives thereof STEP 1 To a mixture of 253 g. of phenylazophen ol and 235 g. of epichlorohydrin, ther is added dropwise, with stirring and heating to 90 C., 151 g. of 33% sodium hydroxide After addition of sodium hydroxide solution, stirring is continued for 2 hours at 90 C. The mixture is allowed to cool to room temperature and Washed several times with distilled water. The crude material is recrystallized from acetone in good yield. The product, 4(2,3-epoxy-propoxy) azobenzene, is a reddish brown powder, M.P. 84 C. (91% epoxid by analysis).

STEP 2a.-REACTION WITH GASEOUS AMINE 28.5. of 4(2,3-epoxy-propoxy) azobenzene is dissolved in 150 ml. of benzene and heated to reflux. Dimethylamine gas is passed through the solution with vigorous stirring for 8 hours. The product is then precipitated as the amine hydrochloride salt by passing gaseous HCl through the benzene solution and filtered oflf. After washing the filtered residue with benzene, it is reacted with about 30% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to reform the free tertiary amine which is extracted into benzene. The benzene solution is dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and evaporated to dryness by heating in vacuo on the steam bath. The 4(2-hydroXy-3-dimethylamino propoxy) azobenzene thus obtained is a yellow solid, M.P. 95 C. (100% tertiary amine by analysis).

STEP 2b.REACTION WITH A LIQUID AMINE 4(2-hydroxy 3 diethylamino-propoxy) azobenzene, an

orange brown solid, M.P. 60 C. 4(2-hydroxy-3-diethanolamino-propoxy) azobenzene, a

tan solid, M.P. 82 C., and 4(2-hydroxy-3-morpholinyl-propoxy) azobenzene,

a light brown solid, M.P. 103 C. A

STEP 3.-PREPARATION OF AMINE SALTS Five grams of 4(2-hydroxy-3-dirnethylamino-propoxyazobenzene is dissolved in 50 ml. of benzene and precipitated as the amine hydrochloride by passing gaseous HCl through the solution. After filtering, washing the precipitate with benzene and drying in vacuo, the salt is recovered as a yellow solid, M.P. 193-194 C. p 7

By the same procedure the 3-diethylamino compound is converted to the acetic acid salt, a yellow solid, M.P. C.; and the 3-piperidyl compound is converted to the sulfuric acid salt, a light yellow solid, M.P. 248 C. STEP 4.PREPARATION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS About 3.4 g. of 4(2-hydroxy-3-piperidyl-propoxy) azobenzene is heated with 1.4 g. of benzyl chloride at lOO" C; for 16 hours. The mixture is then dispersed in 30 ml. of ethyl acetate, heated on the steam bath to dissolve any unreacted amine and filtered. The precipitate is'then dried by heating to 50 C. under 5 mm. vacuum. The quaternary benzyl chloride salt thus obtained is a yellow powder,

M.P. 191 C. (98% quaternary ammonium salt by analysis).

Following essentialy the same procedure, other quaternary ammonium salts are prepared as follows:

In like manner quaternary ammonium salt's'of other tertiary amines are prepared as follows? j V QUATERNARIES OF 3-DIMETHYLAMINE COMPOUND Quateruizing Agent Product color Benzyl chloride Yellow 204 p-Chlorobenzyl ohlm-irlc d 186 3,4-dichlorobenzyl chloride- 180 Chloroacetophenone- Tan 167 QUATE RNARIES OF 3-DIETHYLAMINO COMPOUND Quaternlzing Agent Product color Beuzyl chloride-..- 1 78 -Chlorobenzyl chloride. 76 auryl br0mlde Light brown. 120 Ohloroacetophenone Yellow.' 173 Methyl iodide Brown Ethyl bromide Tan 146 3.4-dichlorobenzyl chloride Light yellow 167 QUATE RNARIES OF S-DTDTHANOLAMINE COMPOUND Quaternizing Agent Product color M.P., 7 C.

-Chlorobenzyl chloride 147 auryl bromide 157 Ohloroacctophenoue 178 3,4-dichlorobenzyl chloride. Ethyl bromide 111.

v QUATE RNARIES or 3-MO RPHOLINY COMPOUND Quaterniziug Agent Product color M.P., 7 C.

Benzyl chloride Tau-brown 189 -Chlorobenzyl chloride do 188 auryl bromide T111 130 Chloroacetophenone Yellow 180 Methyl iodide (ln 1G9 Ethyl bromide Dark yellow Dlmethyl sulfate Yello\v 134 E PLE II QI Preparqti onof 4 (2-hydroxy-3-di N,Nesulgstituted aminopr'opobcy)-4 cl tloro-azobenze ies of the formula-.5

and salts and qguztteriiory ammonium derivatives thereof Following the procedure of Example I, Step 1, p-chloro- 1O phenyl aaophenol is reacted with epichlorohydrin, and the product'thus obtained is reacted as-in StepZa 0r 2b of Example I with selected secondary amines to form the corresponding tertiary amine of the above formula. The.

and salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives thereof 4(2 hydroxy-3-di-N,N-substituted amin0-prop0xy),4'-

As in Example I, but starting with p-methylphenyl azophenol a number of-tertiary'a'mines and their salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives-are prepared as indic'ated in the following tabulation! l T Quaternizing Agent Product Color Amine Salt Dark brown 67 Brown;

Methyl iodide Yellow 143 Dimethyl sulfate. Orange-brown- Ethyl bromide Yellow Lauryl bromide p-Ohlorobenzyl chloride.. Chloroacetophenone-..-..-;.

Benzyl chloride--.; .Y 11

Methyl iodide;. Dimethyl sulfate. Ethyl'bromide.

Lauryl'bromidm- Benzyl chloride p-Chloro'benzyl chloride-. Chloroacetophenone'.

Ethyl bromide Lauryl bromide. Benzyl chloride. p-Chlorobenzyl chloride tertiary amines are then Converted to acid salts as in Eir- I ample I, Step 3, and quaternary ammoniurrrsalts asiri Example I, Step 4. Data with resp prepared is tabulated below:

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Product Color Amine Salt Quaternizing Agent M.P., O

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' f 195 Benzylchloride. 205 p Chlorobenzyl chloride v 2%? Yellow 177 p-Chlorobenzyl chloride Light brown. 121 Lauryl bromide-. ---..d0 112 Ohloroacetophenone- 176 Methyl iodide 166 Ethyl bromide 182 Dimethyl sulfate 102 3,4 dichlorobenzyl chloride. Yellow .167 Light brown- 101 Benzyl chloride Y ellow..-. 187 g-Chlombenzyl chloride Orange Y. L

auryl bromide..- Yellow 186 Methyl iodide Brown; 160 Chloroacetophenone. Yellowunj 168 Ethyl hromide.- Light brown 115 'Dimethyl sulfate Yellow... V 119 BA-diehlorobenzyl chloride" ..--.do 1. 201 j V Light broWn..---.- r 12ml w 170 Benzyl chloride .Brown 184 p-Ohlorobenzyl ehlorid .----do-.. 180 'Lauryl bromlde.-.- .Yellow. 173 Ohloroaeetophenone. Dark brown..- Methyliodide Brown. I 185 Ethyl bromide .Light brown-.--;- 177 I rown V i v y do i 201 Benzyl chlorideuni -.do p-Ohlorobenzylchloride. Orange-brown t 169 Lauryl bromide"... Light yellow Chloroacetonhenone Brown.

} Ethyl bromide--'.'-.-

'- Light browm- EXAMPLE iv 4 (2 hydroxy 3-di-NyN-substituted amine-pr0poxy)-4'- methoxy-azobenzenes of the formula:

and salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives thereof As Example I, but starting with p-rnethoxyphenyl azophenol, a number of tertiary amines and their salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives are prepared as indicated in the following tabulation:

4 (2 hydroxy-3-di-N,N-substituted amino-propoxy -2,5'-

EXAMPLE v dichloro-azobenzenes of the formula:

and salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives thereof As in Example I, but starting with 2,5 dichlorophenyl 15 azophenol, a number of tertiary amines and their salts Lauryl bromide Beuzyl chloride p-Chlorobenzyl chloride Chloroacetophenone Methyl iodide Ethyl br m Lauryl br e Benzyl chloride p-Chlorobenzyl ch10 Chloroacetophenoue.-..

Methyl io Lauryl br Benzyl chloride and quaternary ammonium derivatives are prepared as indicated in thefollowing tabulation:

Amine Salt Quaternizing Agent Product Color M.P., 0.

Brow Light brown Benzyl chloride do 166 -Chlorobenzyl chloride 161 auryl bromide 175 Chlornaoofnnhonnne 172 3,4-Dichlorobenzyl chloride. Light brown 174 Brow Benzyl chloride Dark brown 78 p-Chlorobenzyl chloride ..d0 1% Brow Light brown.---- 182 Benzyl chloride 'Yellow 196 tp-Chlorobenzyl chloride Reddish brown--- 193 VCVhlor-oacetophenone Yellow 194 3,4-dich1orobenzyl chloride. Orange-brown- 184 Benzyl chloride 202 p-Chlorobenzyl chloride... 201 Lauryl bromide 167 Chloroacetophenone 204 y 3,170,909 9 r V V 10 7 EXAMPLE VI Various changes and modifications in'the procedures T I h b d ki h i hy(boxy-3 di NN substituted p p yy AG ere1n descn e in ma ng t e products above descnbed dichloro azobenzenes of the formula formula initially disclosed will occur to those skilled in 01 the art, and to the extent that such changes and modifications are embraced bythe appended claim, it is to be C1 N=N \O;OH2 CH CH2 N .E understood 'that they constitute part of the present inp 5 vention. V We claim: I

and salts and. quaternary ammonium derivatives thereof 1 sisting of (1) azo tertiary amines of the formula:

As in Example 1, but starting with 3,4 dichlorophenyl azophenol, a number of tertiary'amines and their salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives are prepared as indicated in 'the following tabulation: H

Amine Salt Quaternizing Agent Product Color I M.P., O.

' 92 Benzyl chloride 183 p-Ohlorobenzyl chloride 163 Chloroaeetophenone 162 Ethyl bromide 161 3,4-dichlorobenzyl chlorided n v 160 B chzyl chloride Reddish brown r 104 p-Chlorobenzyl chloride".-. Yellow 154 3,4-dichlorobenzyl chl0ride 172 Ethyl bromide 162 V 1 7 13s. Benzyl chloride 174 p-Chlorobenzyl chloride 179 Lauryl bromide; 130 Chlornacptnnhennno I 130 Methyl iodide 191 Ethyl bromide 128 116 207 Benzyl chloride 182 p-Chlorobezyl chloride 169 Lauryl bromide 124 Chloroacetophenone- Dark brown 115 Methyl iodide Brown 161 Ethyl bromide Light brown 120 7 EXAMPLE VII 4 wherein R is selected from the group consisting of phenyl,

9 lower alkyl phenyl lower alkoxy phenyl 'chloro sub- 4(2 hydroxy-3-dz-N,N-substztuted amm0-prop0xy)-az0- k V phenyl naphthalenes f the formula: stituted phenyl and naphthyl radicals, and V and salts and quaternary ammonium derivatives thereof As in Example I, but starting with naphthyl 'azophenol, V

is a secondary amino radical selected from the group concally acceptable salts of said amines with acids, and (3) ammonium derivatives are'prepared as indicated in the quaternary ammonium derivatives of said amines.

following tabulation:

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A cationic, azo compound selected from the group con- 7 sisting of N,N-lower dialkylamino, N,N-l0wer dialkanol I anumberof tertiary amines andt-heir salts and quaternary 5 amino, p p y and morpholinyl radicals; 

